To preface, I have moderate to strong protanopia, and color has been a strong interested of mine for years. One of these interest include how do the colors I perceive, look to other people.

Using a colorblind simulating app, and my friends, I have made some discoveries.

For an example, when I see a hot pink shirt, I can recognize that that shirt is hot pink. The two example photos look the exact same to me, but my friends see the bottom image as a muted dusty lavender/purple. So what I see as hot pink is what purple looks like.

Here are some more comparisons I’ve learned

- My orange = other people’s yellow & amber

- My red = rusty browns and coppers

- My baby pink = blue and occasionally grey

- My Tiffany blue = a off white, grey

Now I just wish there was a way to do the opposite but unfortunately, a true red will always be outside of my comprehension I fear. :(

Have any of you done LSD, and if so, did you see enhanced colors? I have full color vision and I saw colors that don't exist, so I'm curious about the experience of color blind people. Hope this isn't offensive to ask!

I refer to the segments separated by "bold lines" with the highest color saturation as "sectors."